The phrase "a potential spread of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the possibility of something, such as a disease or information, spreading or increasing in prevalence.
Example: "The researchers are concerned about a potential spread of the virus in the community."
Alternatives: "a possible transmission of" or "a likely dissemination of".
One of the major sore points for some critics was a quote attributed to the report's lead author, Bien Diep, a researcher who said he was concerned about "a potential spread of this strain into the general population".
Investigation of convenient hitchhiking locations would benefit a potential spread of slugging with the help of finding new locations.
The transmission of Beijing MTB from a person born in another country to a person born in Spain reported here seems to follow this trend and raises concern about a potential spread of Beijing MTB to the autochthonous population.
Some clustering of cases was seen, with a potential spread of disease from passengers who were symptomatic during the flight (seats 62C 63D, 33D 34A, and 35B and the child sharing 33D).
This way, their community can be a 'sitting duck' for any potential spread of any vaccine preventable disease.
This expected enlarged difference between groups might be explained by a prolonged potential spread of Salmonella in the untreated control group, while no further spread is expected in the treatment groups.
Customs inspectors recently stopped the potential spread of A(H5N1) virus in Belgium by catching a man trying to smuggle infected Thai eagles that had been stuffed alive in a roller tube.
Since PRRSv-positive status is associated with higher odds of being a PCVAD-positive herd, potential spread of PRRSv or a specific PRRSv genotype might have positively contributed to measures of clustering for PCVAD.
Because of high levels of economic organization in much of the poultry industry, we examined the importance of company affiliation, as distinct from social contacts, in a model of the potential spread of avian influenza among broiler poultry farms in a poultry-dense region in the United States.
The potential spread of a severe pandemic influenza is a worldwide cause for concern.
Recently, health officials in Sri Lanka issued a public health alert on the potential spread of YF from a migrant group from West Africa.
